A Mississippi Writer Timeline

A Compendium of Births,
Deaths, Publications, Awards, and Other Events in Mississippi’s Literary
History

Note: In most cases, timeline entries are added
as articles on individual authors are added to this web site. The hyperlinks
listed below connect to biographical and critical articles about that
author. Articles on individual writers will continue to be added in the
coming months. If an author’s name does not appear on this timeline or
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1990

Publications:

How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature, nonfiction
by Margaret Walker
Alexander, edited by Maryemma Graham (Feminist Press at the City University
of New York).

Premiere of The Client, directed by Joel Schumacher, based on the novel by John Grisham.

February 5: A
jury in Hinds County, Mississippi, convicted Byron de la Beckwith for the 1963
murder of civil rights activist Medgar
Evers. This was the Beckwiths third trial; the first two in the
1960s ended in hung juries.

Zig Ziglars Little Instruction Book: Inspiration and Wisdom from
America’s Top Motivator , nonfiction by Zig
Ziglar (Honor Books).
For additional titles and more information on the above titles, go to the
Book News title list for 1997.